Crypto wealth explodes: millionaires surge by 40% as Bitcoin rises

It’s been a great year for people who have invested in cryptocurrency! In 2025, Bitcoin hit record highs, and the number of crypto millionaires surged by an amazing 40%. Now, there are 241,700 people in this group. Even more impressively, the exclusive club of crypto billionaires grew by 29%, increasing to 36 members. These surprising numbers come from a recent report by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth.

All together, the crypto elites have assets worth more than $3.3 trillion, which is a huge increase of 45% compared to last year.

As you might expect, Bitcoin has been the main reason for this increase in wealth. Almost half of the new crypto billionaires have made their money from the original cryptocurrency, and about 60% of crypto millionaires can thank “digital gold” for their wealth. In fact, in the last year, the number of people who have over a million dollars of Bitcoin has gone up by 70%.

The people who wrote the report said that “institutional adoption” was a big reason for this increase. They also said that “the launch of cryptocurrencies by the US President” was an important moment.

To put this in perspective, while 241,700 crypto millionaires sounds like a lot, they still represent a tiny fraction – just 0.4% – of the roughly 60 million millionaires globally, according to UBS figures.

The information in this Henley & Partners and New World Wealth report was collected by studying 150,000 wealthy people, as well as using information from crypto exchanges and blockchain data, all updated as of June.

Looking at the bigger picture, there are now 590 million digital asset owners around the world, which is 7.4% of the planet’s population. Of these, 295 million have invested in Bitcoin, which is 7% more than a year ago.

A shifting philosophy: beyond speculation

The study also showed a big change in how people are managing their money. The people who wrote the book said that more and more people are starting to use Bitcoin as collateral, instead of just as an investment.

Samson Mow, the CEO of JAN3, explained a key problem of our time well: “While regular currencies can be printed as many times as needed, Bitcoin, with a limited supply of 21 million coins, offers the opposite — scarcity.” He said this creates a huge challenge for governments, because they have to deal with money that is not controlled by them.

Dominic Volek of Henley & Partners also said something important: cryptocurrencies have made wealth management tools that were once only for large companies available to everyone.

“Wealth management techniques that were only available to corporations for decades can now be used by anyone with internet access,” Volek explained. “This is a big change: people get to control their own money and assets all over the world, while governments might have problems with their tax systems, which are based on keeping track of money moving around.”

Tracking crypto’s global reach

The report also unveiled its “Crypto Adoption Index,” a ranking system that evaluates countries based on how much their people and businesses use digital assets, how innovative they are, their tax policies, and their regulatory environments.

The United States is top of the list for public use, while Hong Kong is best when it comes to the necessary buildings and transport. Singapore, on the other hand, is well-known for its new ideas. When it comes to the quality of the regulatory environment, Australia and Singapore are at the top, and Monaco and the UAE are the most attractive places for crypto-friendly taxation.

Volek also said that cryptocurrencies have changed how we think about where wealth is in the world.

“Today, with 12 words stored in memory, a person can store a billion dollars in Bitcoin, which can be accessed instantly from Zurich or Zhengzhou.”

Chainalysis, an analytical company, has created a list showing how much crypto is used around the world. The list, called the 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, puts Ukraine in eighth place and Russia in tenth. This shows that both countries are using crypto a lot.